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Axa Venture Partners was among the limited partners that have helped the deep tech-focused venture firm raise $59.4m for its second fund.

Optum Ventures co-led a series B round that took the chronic disease management platform's total funding to $50m.

Seed investor Toyota AI Ventures returned to help the intelligent forklift developer close a series A round led by Innovation Endeavors.

The business optimisation services provider has pulled in series B-plus funding through a round co-led by Ipsos that will fund R&D work.

A Xiaomi industrial fund was among the investors in series B and B-plus rounds for the smart manufacturing technology provider that totalled an eight-digit dollar amount.

The pharmaceutical firm has transferred China-based business development director Manabu Aruga to its Tokyo headquarters where he will oversee corporate VC deals in Asia.

Saudi Arabia-headquartered online learning platform developer Noon Academy has received pre-series B funding in an STV-led round.

The agricultural product and services provider added $100m to a FedEx-backed round that reportedly values it at $3.5bn.

MassMutual Ventures, Synchrony and Blue Venture Fund all returned as the user authentication platform developer almost doubled its overall funding.

Access Industries helped supply $33m in equity funding for the cloud management software developer, which also unlocked up to $20m in venture debt financing.

The digital fintech provider pulled in $80m through a series C round co-led by SCB 10X and backed by Aioi Nissay Dowa, Toyota Financial Services and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.